Nell Helen Pederson

Nell Helen Pederson, 87, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Friday, March 8, 2013, at Willard Walker Hospice House in Fayetteville. She was born Sept. 12, 1925, in Fayetteville, Ark., the daughter of Martha Ann Tendal and J.E. Edlin. She was a unit secretary at St. Mary's Rogers Memorial Hospital for many years. She enjoyed spending quality time with all her grandchildren, fishing, gardening and serving with Marriage Encounter for many years. She had lived in the Northwest Arkansas for her lifetime. She was a member at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Rogers for many years. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Loren Pederson Sr. in 1999; three brothers; three sisters; and her granddaughter, Desondra Comi. Nell is survived by her son, Loren D. "Larry" Pederson and his wife, Hes, of Rogers; two daughters, Paula. R. Pierce and her husband, Carl, of Hermann, Mo., and Cathy L. Comi and her husband, Ron, of Eureka Springs; two sisters, Wilma DeClerk and her husband, Johnnie, of Pocahontas and Marie Forhand of Rogers; five grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday, March 9, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Rogers. Interment will follow at St. Vincent Cemetery in Rogers. Pallbearers will be her family members. Memorials may be sent to St. Jude Children's Hospital or Arkansas Children's Hospital. Arrangements by Epting Funeral Home of Bentonville. Condolences: www.eptingfuneralhome.webs.com.